Anonymous Hacker Denies Being FBI Snitch

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Federal agents have arrested a Texas man believed to be involved
in the CabinCr3w hacking group, an Anonymous-like collective that
gained infamy for attacking the website of the Texas Department
of Public Safety and for its online attacks in support of the
Occupy protesters.

Higinio Ochoa, 30, of Galveston, was arrested by the FBI on March
20 and charged with unauthorized access to a protected computer.
The March 15 criminal
complaint alleges that Ochoa, who went by the Twitter handle
@Anonw0rmer, took part in hacking the websites of the Alabama and
Texas departments of public safety in February.

Despite the bust, Ochoa denied actually helping the FBI,
according to a Pastebin post he allegedly wrote.

The
CabinCr3w hackers came to the forefront of the security
world when they leaked the email addresses and confidential
information of Goldman Sachs executives in September 2011. In
February, the group infiltrated the database of the Los Angeles
County Police Canine Association, and leaked the names, addresses
and phone numbers of more than 100 Los Angeles-area police
officers.

In a March 31 Pastebin post allegedly written
by Ochoa, the accused hacker said that "around 8 agents from
the FBI stormed my apartment" on March 20 at 10:30 a.m. Ochoa
wrote that he was taken to a federal detention center in Houston,
where he was held until bail was set.

During his stay in Houston, Ochoa said he was treated poorly and
berated by agents, who refused to give him his epilepsy
medication.

Ochoa, or whoever authored the Pastebin post, took time to
address his motivation for participating in CabinCr3w's exploits.

"As our nation continues to grow more worldly and anonymous
continues to spread our reach, our country will continue to wage
war. This time however it will not only be our civil rights but
our human rights," the post reads.

The post also dispels assumptions that Ochoa was working as an
FBI
informant like Sabu, the LulzSec member who flipped when
arrested and helped authorities bring down his fellow hackers.

"Some body such as myself who not only participated in the occupy
movement but knew many and knew the inner workings of the
'infamous' cabin crew would not be just put away without
wondering if he could be turned," the post reads. "I did how ever
tell FBI that I would participate in the capture of my fellow
crew mates, a play which undoubtfully [sic] both satisfied and
confused the FBI."

Ochoa added: "Those however who know me best would vouch for me
undoutfully [sic] that doing so would put this movement at risk,
something that I wish more anon's would not only consider but
place higher than themselves and those around them. ALL
information provided to the FBI merely made MY case weaker and
caused internal confusion showing the inherent weakness in the
system."